Umair Safi

Umair Safi (17 September 1978-21 June 2016) was an Ahrar ash-Sham leader during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
Umair Safi was born on 17 September 1978 in el-Shiyha, Hama Governorate, Syria to a Sunni Muslim Arab family. Safi was tortured in Sednaya prison for his activism for Islamism, but he was released in 2011 at the start of the Syrian Civil War. Safi joined Ahrar ash-Sham to fight against the secular government, and he became one of the group's leaders in Hama. He was killed in skirmishes with the Syrian Arab Army in northern Hama on 21 June 2016.